Posts Tagged: Agustin

MERS: AN EMERGING LETHAL VIRAL DISEASE MERS is a new type of viral respiratory disease that has recently been reported in a couple of confirmed cases here in Orlando. The causative virus is MERS-CoV, a corona virus similar to those that cause the common cold. It qualifies as an EID, emerging infectious disease. It has […]

Cyclospora cayetanensis is an emerging food-borne parasitic pathogen that has been reported in many outbreaks in the U.S. since the 1990s. Human infection occurs when food or water contaminated with sporulated oocysts is consumed by the host. The food items implicated in these food infections are imported fresh produce such as: raspberries, basil, snow peas, […]

Microbes are everywhere! They’re in the soil, water, on vegetation and some lives in or on our bodies. The majority of them are harmless or beneficial to us but the ones that cause serious diseases scare us the most. As we go out and do our daily routines we come in contact with these microbes […]